In order to alleviate the contact pressure on a contact portion between both surfaces of a disc D and felts 25 in disc ejection, an upper end and a lower end of a slot 3a on the backside of a front bezel 3 are formed with an upper recess 27 and a lower recess 28 that receive the pushed-over upper and lower felts 25. Also, the pushed-over felts 25 are received in the upper recess 27 and the lower recess 28, so that the contact pressure on the contact portion between both surfaces of the disc D and the felts 25 can be decreased.
Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A disc apparatus having a front bezel, in which a disc insertion opening is covered with a plurality of flexible portions, and a disc is inserted or ejected by pushing over the plurality of flexible portions, wherein the plurality of flexible portions comprises at least three flexible portions including at least one upper flexible portion and at least one lower flexible portion; wherein the upper flexible portion and the lower flexible portion are disposed adjacently along a longitudinal direction of the disc insertion opening, in the vertical direction of the disc insertion opening and on the backside of the front bezel; wherein an upper portion of the upper flexible portion is fixedly attached to an upper position of the disc insertion opening on the backside of the front bezel, and a lower portion of the lower flexible portion is fixedly attached to a lower position of the disc insertion opening on the backside of the front bezel; and wherein the upper flexible portion is contacted by an upper surface of the disc when the upper flexible portion is pushed over by contact with the disc and the lower flexible portion is contacted by a lower surface of the disc when the flexible portion is pushed over by contact with the disc.
2. The disc apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the disc insertion opening of the front bezel has its backside height larger than its front side height.
3. The disc apparatus accordingly to claim 1 , wherein the disc insertion opening comprises its middle portion bulged further downward than its both ends, wherein the plurality of flexible portions comes into contact with both surfaces of the disc at the both ends of the disc insertion opening, and comes into contact with only either an upper surface or lower surface of the disc at other than the both ends of the disc insertion opening when the plurality of flexible portions is pushed over by the contact of the disc.
4. The disc apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the edges of the both edges of the disc insertion opening are provided with recesses that receive the flexible portions pushed over by the contact of the disc in disc ejection.
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